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Startup Robust.AI, Founded By Cognitive Scientist Gary Marcus And Roboticist Rodney Brooks, Raises $15 Million To Make Building Smarter Robots Easier
Robust.AI raised $15 million led by Jazz Ventures to build a cognitive engine for robotics. The goal: To allow people to build robots faster, cheaper and with more reliability.
RobustAI: Creating a New Foundation for the Future of Robotics
Creating a New Foundation for the Future of Robotics
UW researcher put tiny tracking technology on giant hornets to help state deal with murderous pest
A researcher from the University of Washington, using tiny technology, has been playing a big role in helping state entomologists tackle a giant problem. Giant hornets, in fact.
Uncertainty and Misinformation: What to Expect on Election Night and Days After — Election Integrity Partnership
Democracy depends on trust in elections; that trust is under attack. We explore different examples of false narratives that we are likely to see during these different periods — a chaotic Election Day, an uncertain election night, and during a...
For the People Act of 2019 - Wikipedia
Greg Linden
Note that the "For the People Act of 2019", HR1, would improve a lot of this by, eg, making election day a holiday and other improvements. It was passed by the House, but is being blocked by McConnell in the Senate.
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Why Millions Of Americans Don’t Vote
Distrust of the electoral system, disillusionment with politics and systemic barriers can cause voters to skip elections, according to the FiveThirtyEight poll with Ipsos. We found that most Americans vote inconsistently or when the stakes are just...
Don’t be surprised that Quibi failed
Quibi, a mobile-first video startup primarily known for being an extremely well-funded pet project of woefully out-of-touch co-founders Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman, is shutting down. Born in…
UW jumps to No. 8 in global ranking of best universities; computer science among top subjects
The University of Washington has moved up two spots to No. 8 in the latest ranking of Best Global Universities from U.S. News & World Report, beating out such prestigious institutions as Princeton…
Trump exploited a broken press. Here’s how to fix it.
A conversation with media critic Jay Rosen.
Russian cyber-attack spree shows what unrestrained internet warfare looks like
US indictment of operatives, accused of launching several attacks, gives a detailed account of how they went about their business
How to cover Election Day and beyond
<p>Americans think about elections wrong; they aren’t only about tallying votes to declare a winner. Elections in a democracy are just as much about convincing the loser that he or she actually lost—and that the process was free, fair, and secure...
(PDF) Do We Really Need Another Meeting? The Science of Workplace Meetings
PDF | Meetings are routine in organizations, but their value is often questioned by the employees who must sit through them daily. The science of... | Find, read and cite all the research you need on ResearchGate
Jacinda Ardern, Hero to Liberals Abroad, Is Validated at Home
New Zealand’s prime minister and her party are coasting to victory in national elections, but it is unclear how far she will push her progressive promises.
Google Chat goes free in 2021, while Hangouts loses features this month
Google Hangouts is going to die, but first it's going to be picked apart.
What's Coming This Winter? Here's How Many More Could Die In The Pandemic
Cases are surging in many places around the country. As we head into winter here's what public health forecasters think we can expect.
How the Trump admin devastated the CDC—and continues to cripple it
From missteps to blatant political interference, CDC's fall is a national tragedy.
Why Nature supports Joe Biden for US president
We cannot stand by and let science be undermined. Joe Biden’s trust in truth, evidence, science and democracy make him the only choice in the US election.
Thousands of infected IoT devices used in for-profit anonymity service
Interplanetary Storm uses P2P networking, mostly in devices running Android.